Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in reaction to the President's comments at the White House urging Congress to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration:

“Oil companies are sitting on 68 million acres of public lands they have already leased, but President Bush and Senator McCain want to award them with even more."

Translate: ............ We have been bought and paid for by the environmental weaken America lobby !"

“Americans are suffering under the Bush-Cheney-McCain policies that were written by Big Oil: $4 a gallon gasoline; $134 per barrel oil; increased reliance on foreign sources of energy and on hydrocarbons that contribute to climate change.

Translate:......Bushes ugly rumor that we are against Americans driving cars is false !"

“Americans use one quarter of the world’s oil consumption every day and we possess less than 2 percent of the world’s supply. We cannot drill our way to energy independence.

Translate :.............."You people are all pigs and you hog all of the worlds oil !"

“Our nation must move toward a new, cleaner, and more affordable energy future that focuses on renewable and increased energy efficiency. The New Direction Congress has already passed innovative energy legislation and will continue to develop other proposals to address high energy costs and shift our nation to a more energy efficient economy.

Translate: .............But we wont let you drill any in America !"

“We look forward to having a President in the White House whose energy policy can no longer be described as ‘drill and veto.’”

Translate: .........We Hope we can slip a Magic Ringer into the White House !"

http://speaker.house.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0707

AmPat

06-19-2008, 03:23 AM

General translation:

Pelosi- "I have no specific answers to specific problems so I'll just mention the price of oil and gas and that alone will distract from the fact that I'm clueless how to solve the problem. Besides, the American people don't want solutions and answers, they want to hear me bitch about the state of things. I have no real solutions so I'll sit back in the cheap seats of my "Do Nothing But Bitch about Republicans Congress" and fling ,massive amounts of Pooh!:cool: